Matthew Morrison in Finding Neverland: EW review

April 16, 2015 3:10 AM

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At one point in the much-hyped Finding Neverland—now playing at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre—Peter Pan playwright J.M. Barrie (Glee’s Matthew Morrison) is worried he’s seen a ghost in the theater. The one that’s spooked him has a mane of black hair, pirate garb, and a hook for a hand. But there’s another spirit looming large in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre who’s tough to shake: He of the High Seas of Tribeca, Captain Harvey Weinstein.

It’s near impossible to ignore what’s been reported about Weinstein’s involvement (whose company also produced the Oscar-nominated movie on which this musical is based) while watching the current production. How he spent $20 million on a production in London, which he all but entirely chucked before...